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258 Wreck Ashore 

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280 Last Man 
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287 Giralda 

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290 Warlock of the Glen 

291 Zelina 

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293 Neighbor Jackwood 

294 Wonder 

295 Robert Emmet 

296 Green Bushes 
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298 A Bachelor of Arts 
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301 Love's Labor Lost 

302 Naiad Queen 

303 Caprice 

304 Cradle of Liberty 
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306 Countrv Squire 

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308 Putnam 

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310 La Fiammina 

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No. CCCLL 
FRENCH'S STANDARD DRAMA. 



GEN. GRANT; 



Tssy 



OR, 



Tke Star of Union and Liberty. 

A PI.AT.-IN THBEE ACTS. 
BY ANICETUS. 



WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS, COSTUMES, RELATIVE 
POSITIOKS, &c. 



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*GEN. GRAKT; OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY." 



PREFACE. 



In presenting this play to the American public, we desire to 
preface it with a few explanatory remarks as to the motive 
which prompts the publication. It is an easy and a perfectly 
safe course for an author to deal with popular themes, and to 
write in harmony with commonly received opinions, prejudices, 
and passions. Were we to consult our own comfort, and that love 
of praise which sacrifices the most decided convictions of truth 
to the assumptions of it on the part of those a writer would 
please, we should perhaps present J, Wilkes Booth as a fiend 
in human form and without one redeeming trait of character ! 
Instead of adopting this cowardly policy of authorship, we 
have preferred " to do unto others as we would be done by ; " 
believing, that, while many may give us no quarter, not a few 
will think kindly of our play, and see Booth as we see him, 
without prejudice and without a narrow-mindedness which 
measures every life by its own passions and powers. We do not 
approve of assassination, least of all do we approve of the 
manner in which !Mr. Lincoln was despatched ; but we can 
very well understand how such a reckless-spirited man as J. 
Wilkes Booth, having resolved upon the destruction of the 
person whom he regarded as the chief cause of the civil war 
by his having consented to head a sectional party, could put 
him out of the way pursuant to a plan which might enable him 
(Booth) to escape the certain death that awaited him if he 
exposed himself to arrest ! We do not contend that Booth 
acted wisely, or is entitled to any praise for his attack on Mr. 
Lincoln ; but we do contend that he was no mercenary, paid 
assassin to do a deed of blood against his conscience and 
wholly regardless of his manhood : we do contend that he 



6 PREFACE* 

acted in the spirit of a reckless Southern misguided patriot ; 
that he thought he was doing his duty, and was willing to take 
the consequences of the failure of his plan, which gave him a 
chance for escape and the preservation of his life. 

That he met his fate like a brave man, and a hero, is his- 
tory. There is nothing in the entire range of the drama, in the 
sphere of which he was a most popular genius, which exceeds 
in true manliness and dramatic sublimity his defiant death. 
That he was no coward is self-evident, whatever to the con- 
trary may be asserted from the fact that he shot Mr. Lincoln 
in the presence of his wife and without giving him warning ; 
and while there are many that execrate his name and memory, 
who, had he slain Davis instead of Lincoln, would have re- 
garded him with favor, posterity will unite in one view of him 
alone, that of a Southern patriot and zealot, ambitious to do 
away with the fancied cause of the South's misfortunes. 

W. A. C. 

Boston, Sept. 21, 1868. 



DRAMATIS PERSONS. 



Abraham Lincoln, citizen's dress. 
Sec. Seward, citizen's dress. 
Sec. Stanton, citizen's dress. 

UNIONISTS. 

Gen. Grant, full dress. 

Gen. Thomas, full dress. 

Col. Brent, undress. 

Col. Baker, full dress. 

Col. Conger, full dress. 

Major Morgan, full dress. 

Capt. Pearson, full dress. 

Capt. Livingston, undress. 

Lieut. Polk, undress. 

Orderly Sergeant, full dress 

Guards. 

Attendants of Gen. Grant, fiiU dress. 

Soldiers. 

Negro. 

CON'FEDERA TES. 

Col. Pike, full dress. 
Major Savage, full dress. 
Major CoxE, undress. 
John M. Garrett. 
Dr. MuDD. 

COySPIBATOBS. 

J. Wilkes Booth, citizen's dress. 
Payne, citizen's dress. 
Atzerott, citizen's dress. 
Harold, citizen's dress. 

LADIES. 

Mrs. Kate Livingston, full dress. 
Mrs. Brent, full dress. 
Mrs. SuRRATT, full dress. 
Nurses. 

7 



GENERAL GRANT; 



OR, 



THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 



ACT I. 



Scene I. — Washington. The Avenue. Enter ^Iasou 
MoKGAx and Gen. Thomas, l. h. 

Major M. The times are sad indeed. Eebellion riots 
in the land. The South have drawn the sword against 
the liberty of our country : she shall feel its edge ! 

Gen. T. These indeed are troublesome times ; but 
soon the night must pass, day must come. We shall 
conquer. 

Major M. Yes ! We have the men and the money. 

Gen. T. We have beaten the South in every thing : 
we cannot fail in war. But we want a leader: we want 
a man to strike, — a man of blows. 

Major M. Ay, a cataract I that will pour into the 
South the temper and the fire of the Northern heart and 
soul, to bring us jpeace if need be with a sea of blood. 

Gen. T. I stood by the South to the last : her arro- 
gance and madness have forced me to arms against her; 
and never will I lay them down until slavery, the cause 
of this rebellion, is swept away and forever ! The South 
has invited the contest : she shall fall before it. 



10 



Ma/jar 31. Let her fall ! and let Grant be the instru- 
ment of her humiliation, — the star of our liberty and 
union. 

Gen. T. Ay : he is the man ! We have had enough 
of defeat : henceforward we must have victories ! 

Major 3L Yes, general, I shall be mindful of my 
duty in the contest. 

Gen» T. I must away. I will meet you at the Capi- 
tol in an hour. {Exit, e. h.) 

Major M. A brave soldier, a wily politician. With 
all his faults, I yet esteem him highly : he deserves 
well of his country. 

(Enter Major Coxe, a prisoner^ l. h., guarded hy 
sergeoMt^ 
You are feeble. Major Coxe ; your wounds are severe : 
in a better cause I could condole with you. 

Major C. I ask not for nor need your sympathies. 
I drew my sword in defence of Southern rights ; and, 
while I continue to live, I will not cease to hope -for 
victory. Our cause, sir, is just I 

Major M. Just as you may think rebellion, sir, it is 
doomed to an -eternal death, and ere long my prophecy 
will be fulfilled. 

Major C. I cannot remain longer a willing listener 
to such vain boasting. Our arms have driven yours too 
often for me to put any faith in your predictions. I am 
a prisoner now ; but, Major Morgan, I may yet meet you 
on the field to write this prophecy of yours a failure in 
letters of blood upon your fair and haughty brow- 
(Crosses to e. h.) 

3Iajor M. You may, sir : it is possible, I grant you. 
{Exit Majopv Coxe with a sneer., r. h.) 

Major M. These are our prisoners of war, as hopeful 
in defeat and imprisonment as on the battle-field flushed 



OB, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 11 

with victory! Well did Gen. Scott say, with such 
stout hearts to conquer the war would not be brief ! 

(Enter Captain Pearson, l. h.) 

Capt P. News, major, news! Grant is now to lead 
the army, and short work he will make of treason. 

Major M, Is Grant indeed in command ? thank 
Heaven for that ! You'll soon see an end to rebellion ! 

Capt P, Yes, sir, — yes ! 

Major M. Now we may look for sturdy blows : let 
treason tremble. Come, Pearson, walk with me to see 
our old friend, Gen. Scott. Ko more shall be spent 
in vain against the South our best blood and treastire. 
Come, sir, come ! {Exeunt^ r. ii.) 

Scene II. — The White House, A chamber with 
French windows and c. d. table and chairs^ lights^ 
decanter ofwine^ and glasses. 

Enter President Lincoln, c. d. 

Lin. We've had enough of tender-hearted warfare. 
My foot is down. Ah ! here is Grant, — the best hope I 
yet have had for my distracted country : he can tell a 
story, and he can wield a sword. 

(Enter Gen. Grant, l. h.) 

Ah ! my dear Grant, I am glad to see you. (They sit^ 
c.) You are now in the inght place. I am reminded 
of a story. Thus it goes : An old woman got mad, very 
mad, with her dog. Notwithstanding the disobedience 
of the brute, she loved him dearly. What to do she 
didn't exactly know ; but remembering that she had in 
an old trunk a muzzle used some years before by a dar- 
ling son, who had a darling though somewhat dangerous 



12 



bull-dog^ she hauled out the aforesaid muzzle, and clapped 
it on the barking dog, which she began to pet with 
even more constancy than before. 

Now, my dear Grant, I am the old woman, the South 
is the dog, and you are the muzzle : and, just so soon as 
you are clapped on to the Southern snout, we'll have no 
more barking ; but the rats will be taken care of, and 
peace and plenty will reign once more. Our dog shall 
become a greater pet than ever, and our mastery shall 
please him. 

Gen, G. Yes, sir ! We shall have a stronger 
Union yet than ever, because more justice will be 
infused into it by the dispensations of Heaven ! 

Lin. Ay, sir. 

Gen. G. Thus far in your high ofl&ce, you have 
been guided by a true love of duty, as a statesman and 
a man. 

Lin. I have humbly endeavored to act for the best 
good of my country, and to avoid the abuse of power. 
With the strong the sentiment of mercy should ever be 
alive. But, my dear sir, we must now use the muzzle, — 
we must have no more barking, sir ! I have put my foot 
down on that ; and down it shall stay, sir. 

Got. G. The dog shall be sile7iced ! if Heaven 
approves : for my country demands peace, and my coun- 
try's welfare is my soul's best love. 

(Enter Stanton, l. h.) 

Lin. Ah, Stanton ! Come, join us : this wine is 
excellent. 

Stan. A glass of wine can harm no honest heart. I 
am with you. This unbending from the stern cares of 
office is ivell : Seward will soon be here ; I left him on 
the i>tainv. Ah ! liere he comes. - . 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTT. 13 

{Enter Sewabd, l. h.) 

Lin, Well 1 happy am I ^ith my right-liand men 
about me : I love to meet you socially, gentlemen. 
Come, let us have a glass of wine together, and drink 
a speedy death to rebellion. Come, gentlemen. {They 
dravj about the table^ and drinh ivine.) This vrine is a 
present from an old friend in the West, who knew me 
long before my late honors. 

In those days, my friends, when comparatively un- 
known, I was most happy ; for 'tis great cares which bring 
the weight that sinks the soul to icoe. 

But this wine reminds me of a story. Just after the 
news reached me of my election to the Presidency, my 
wife (who is somewhat peculiar by the way) happened 
to catch me in one of my thoughtful moods and said, 
^'Why, my dear I what ails you — don't you know you 
are elected — you co'e President of these United States 
of America ! ' ' I drew a long sigh, and muttered 
"United States;'' and the thought flashed across my 
laind, 2^erha2js. Said she, '* How foolish, my dear, how 
foolish I honored as you are, why don't you look happy ? *' 
Well, I said, '^ Wife, a great honor is not always a great 
blessing. If the Union should be lost, in what could be 
my happiness ? '' Just then a voice seemed to say to me : 
" It shall be saved. An able defender shall be granted 
to you from Heaven ; hope in him and be happy. ** 

(A window, E. c, is paHiaJly opened, and. the form of J. 
Wilkes Booth is ■jjo.rtially discovered. 

Stan. (Aside to Grant.) I have rarely seen the 
President in so strange a mood : there seems to be upon 
his mind something like distrust of our success. 

Booth. (Frovi behind, loh ere he is concealed.) The 
spell of the spirit of the avenger is upon him. The voice 



14 GENERAL GRANT; 

which seemed to bid him be happy, now bids him be- 
ware ! — the Union may be saved, but Lincoln shall die ! 

Lin, 'Tis destiny ! 

Gen, G. What ! assassination threatened ? and in 
these apartments ? who dares be so bold ? 

Booth. (From behind.) The eternal gods! whose 
chosen I am to rid the world of tyrants ! 

Sew. What player can be this ? 

Lin. I care not. 

Stan. The voice comes from yonder window. 

Lin, I will not heed it. If any seek my life, no 
vigilance can shield me. 

Booth. {From behind.) That is well spoken. Fare- 
well ! remember your days are numbered, and that the 
bold ^^ youth who fired the Ephesian dome outlives in 
fame the pious fool who raised it." Farewell ! beware, 
beware ! 

Gen, G. Let us seize this masquerader! 

Lin, Stir not, I charge you. 

Close in. — Tableau, 

Scene 111. —Night — Washington. — A Street, 
(Enter Booth, e. h.) 

Booth. I have apprised them of their doom. The 
North I hate ! I am for Southern rights : the South 
shall have one grand holiday. hate ! increase within 
my outraged breast, and nerve me to the deed. Death 
to tyrants! be it my thought by day, my dream by 
night. 

Yes, heart be firm ! bullet go swiftly and surely to 
the tyrant's brain. Ah, how I have cherished thee ! 
and how carefully I have trained this arm to bear the 
weapon well and steaiKly. To thee O Heaven ! I en- 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 15 

trust my hopes^ my cause. Mad ! do they call me — 
there is method in it, though. Ah, footsteps ! who 
comes here. ^Tis my confederates — Payne, Atzerott, 
Harold. I would avoid them now. I am in no mood for 
company. They are going to my room. I'll pass on, 
and when I am more peaceful will meet them there. 
{Exit Booth, l. h.) 

(Enter Payxe, Atzerott, Harold, r. h.) 

Payne. What has he to say to us, think ye. He 
named 10 o'clock for our meeting. It is near that hour 
noiu. We must be punctual. 

Atz, This project is most wild ! Do you think he 
has the nerve to put it through ? 

Payne. Nerve, man — yes ! nerve enough to kill the 
whole nest of ISTorthern politicians, who have brought 
this war upon us. Come, we must go ahead : we have 
no time to squander. Booth is a minute-man. (Exit 
Payxe and Atzerott, l. h.) 

Har. I'll follow though my coiiscience smites me. 
(Exit Harold, l. h.) 

Sce]S"e IV. — A street. — Night. 

Enter Booth, r. h. 

They have gone to my room as we appointed. I care 
not to see them now, for my soul is heavy; yet 
I must not appear so. ISTo ! no ! all depends upon me. 
I must be firm and of a composed mind : they must 
ever see me thus confident, else they will grow distrust- 
ful of me and abandon my service ; then I am undone. 
To falter now would be fatal to my plan ; so away with 
this heavy mood that hangs upon me and let me seem 
far other than I am, — cheerful and happy. I'll now to 



16 GENERAL GRANT; 

my room as I appointed^ to confer with my comrades in 
this bloody work. {Exit^ l. h.) 

ScEXE V. — Hosjntal. — Six cot bedsteads arranged on 

either side of the stage with wounded soldiers, and 

7iurses attending, and iDhysician, A discovery from 

\st G, 

1st Nurse. How are you^ captain ? I hope you are 
better now. 

Cajjt. L. I*m dying ! Oh, would my wife were here ! 
Did. 3^ou send the despatch ? 

Ist Nurse. Yes. — with my own hand. 

Cajot. L. Good soul ! I thank you for this interest 
in a dying soldier. Oh ! oh ! how I suffer — water ! 
water — I choke ! I choke ! 

l5^ Nurse. Here — drink freely. 

2d Nurse. Well, Col. Brent, how is it with you ? 

Col. B. Only so so, good nurse. 

2d Nurse. What an accursed quarrel is this ! — better 
would it hare been if never a negro had put foot upon our 
soil. What suffering has his presence in the land occa- 
sioned ! 

Col. B. Yes, yes ; but riddled as I am by the bullets 
of the foe, and hacked as I am bj' his steel, I am happy, 
most happy, to have done some service in defence of his 
natural rights, in the cause of Liberty and Union. 

Oh ! bathe my heated head, good nurse : it seems as 
though I soon must die. Take this ring and this lock 
of my hair — give it to my poor mother, and say to her, 
should I die before her aged form can come to me, that 
the thought is pleasant that my life is given to my 
country ; tell her not to mourn, but to joy in a death 
so honored. You will not fail, will you, good kind 
nurse ? 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 17 

2d Nurse, I know my duty better to my country's 
defenders. 

CoL B, Yes, good nurse. Here is a memento ; keep 
it as a gift from me. I am so very weak. My mother 
— come ! 

Cajpt, L, Oh ! oh ! I die : farewell, good nurse, fare- 
well. Wife ! wife ! she comes ; too late, oh ! too late. 
{Dies) 

1st Nurse, Dead ! thy pains poor soul are over now. 
No more will you need my care. You have gone to a 
better land. 

(Enter Physician, c. d.) 

2d Nurse. {To the jphysician.) The captain is no 
more. 

Phys. His wounds were fearful. 

CoL B. Doctor ! I have no hope. 

Phys. Nor I, my dear Colonel : your wounds are un- 
manageable. 

CoL jB. Then hasten, mother, to your dying son. 

(Enter Mrs. Brent, c. d.) 

Mrs. B. My son, my son ! oh, where is he ? 

Col. B. Here ! good old mother, here ! 

Mrs. B. My brave boy, 'tis hard to give thee up ; 
yet, in a cause so just as this, had I a thousand sons 
they should form one regiment, — a gift to my country. 

Col. B. I die, dear mother ! I die — happy : yes, 
most happy. 

Mrs. B. I thought I should not weep for thee, but 
tears will flow ; Nature must have her way. 

Phys. Madam, to die in the cause of Liberty and 
Union is a noble end! grieve not. (The doctor now 
goes among the patients, examining them.) Ah ! here 
is one poor felloAV dead, and here is one just going. 



18 GENERAL GRANT} 

Nurse^ make his head a little more easy, and lay his 
body more on the cot. 

Lieut P. Oh, oh, oh ! doctor, do something to ease 
me of this torture, for Heaven's sake, I beg ! 

Fhys. Nurse, give him forty drops of laudanum, 

Lieut P. Any thing to relieve my misery. 

2d Nu7'se, Here is a quieting dose : take it, and you 
may find relief. (He takes it) 

(Enter Major Morgan and Gen. Thomas, c. d.) 

Gen. T, Sad fruits of war. 

3Iajor M, These hospital scenes move me deeply. 
The battle-field, while yet my blood is hot from contest, 
is nothing to this scene of sorrow ! See that poor 
mother ! hear her sobs ! 

Gen, T, 'Tis the fortune of war, major ! Nurse, 
you look fatigued ; you need rest. 

Ist Nurse. Aye, general ! who can rest when so 
much suffering is demanding care ? 

Major M. Noble woman ! the cause of the Union 
has hosts of such. 

Gen. T. Doctor, how are our wounded doing ? 

Phijs. Pretty well, general ; we have many badly 
wounded though. These last battles have been hard 
upon the men ; the hospitals reek with sufi'ering. The 
rebels make the most of their ball and powder. 

Gen. T. They do indeed! They fight like tigers, 
but are doomed to destruction when the Northern heart 
and mind are fully in this work of Liberty, Union, and 
Love. Grant will finish up this business : his plans are 
most complete. 

Mi^s. B. Thank Heaven ! Then will my son's death 
be not in vain. Gen. Grant will make quick work of 
treason. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 19 

{Enter ]Mrs. Kate Liyi^'"GSTOX, wife of the deceased 
captain, c. b.) 

3Irs. L. My dear husband ! Where is he ? dead ! 
Oh, my poor George ! Gone, ere I could say farewell ! 
and close your dark blue eyes. Well, I should not weep, 
yet I feel my heart is breaking : he will never smile 
again. 

Ge?i. T. Sad indeed is this ! If aught I can do to 
assuage so deep sorrow it shall be done. 

Mrs, L, Shall I too die ? fall upon his bosom and 
die with him ? No, never ! I am yet young. I can 
serve my country, and I ivill ! To you, general, I 
appeal : place me in any position honorable to woman, 
and, by my widowed heart, I will to this dear husband's 
laurels add those of a wife. 

Gen, T, Bravo ! brave, brave woman ! I accept 
your trust in me. You shall be honored with a post of 
duty worthy of your patriotism. 

Mrs, L, Thanks, kind sir. 

Major M, By heavens ! so much virtue and beauty 
has struck deep into my soul : she must, she shall be 



mme 



Gen. T, Madam, I give you the hand of a rough, 
though an honest soldier : trnst me, 

Mrs, L, Yes, sir, freely ; and in my heart of hearts 
my countr3^'s cause shall rest the cause of liberty, of 
union, of hope and love ! {Close in,') 

Scene VI. — Washington Hotel, 

(Boom, U7iter 'Booth, Atzerott, axd Harold, k. h.) 

Booth, Can I depend upon you both? This plot 
against Lincoln is no idle fancy : we are to put it 
through. I'll have an eye to Harold : he pales. 



20 GENERAL GllANT ; 

(Aloud.) Should you fail me^ Til kill you at sight. 
Mark me, Harold : I am Wilkes Booth. See that you 
keep your oath in this business. I hold in my hand the 
bullet I intend for Lincoln's brain. My hand and eye 
and heart are well trained ; and Heaven smiles upon my 
cause, for it is the cause of my native South and jus- 
tice. Methinks the noblest spirits of the Southern dead 
cry to me in my sleep, and when awake, ^^Let Lincoln 
and his cabinet, tyrants all, lick the dust.'^ And by 
that Heaven which smiles upon me, and by the noble 
spirits crying unto me, and the love I bear my noble- 
South, they shall be destroyed ! fail me not, then, com- 
rades, in a business so near my heart, else .your lives 
shall answer it. Booth spares not : mark me, he is an 
earnest man. (Aside.) I do mistrust Harold; I think 
him a coward ; but, as he is in my counsel, I will make 
use of him cautiously. 

Atzerott. (Aside to Harold.) He seems very thought- 
ful and moody. 

Harold, Egad ! I should think he would. It is a 
heavy business he has on hand. To clean out the '* Presi- 
dent of the United States,'' and all his cabinet, is no 
small job, let me tell you : a man may well be thought- 
ful who purposes such an act as this. 

Atzerott. I should say so. 

Booth. Yet it will he done; and we shall go down to 
posterity as the foremost heroes of tliese times. 

Atzerott. We like your courage and your determina- 
tion : we shall not fail you. 

Booth. Your hands, friends ; your hands once more — 
on that. (He takes the hands of Atzerott and Harold.) 
I am to understand by this placing of your hands in 
mine, that you swear fidelity to my plot and myself, to 
the death. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 21 

Atzerott, Ay. 

Harold, Ay. 

Booth. You are faint-hearted, Harold; your voice 
trembles : but bend your mind steadily upon the great 
and glorious deed in which you are to play a part, and 
your timid nature will grow to it — even as mine, 
(Aside,) I'll keep a strict watch on him — damn him. 

(Enter Mrs. Surratt, unobserved, d, f.) 

Atzerott, Come, Harold, let us go and leave Booth to 
his melancholy and misanthropy, to which of late he 
has been so much addicted. 

Harold, Very well, come : I would speak with you 
privately. 

(Exit Harold and Atzerott, l. h.) 

Booth, Gone — and without so much as by your 
leave. Well, well, they are doubtless troubled with the 
thought of this to come: it shakes e'en the fearless 
soul of Booth ; for, when I look at it as something to be 
done, I think the work Herculean. 

Mrs, S, And well you may. 

Booth, Ah, Surratt here ? 

Mrs. S, Yes, Booth, I am here. Believe me, you are 
mad. 

Booth, Indeed ! Ah. ah, ah, mad ! Then cure me if 
you can, else say nothing more of this my damnable 
malady, but let it run its course. Look, woman, my 
madness is method, contrivance : before it shall vanish 
Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet, — dogs who have been 
long enough at the throat of my country, —my noble, 
native South. 

Mrs, S, I warn you to pause. 

Booth, Pause ! pause, indeed ! by my fearless soul, 
woman, it shall be history ! I'll live upon its pages for- 



22 GENERAL GRANT ; 

ever. Remember that the bold youth who fired the 
Ephesian dome outlives in fame the pious fool who raised 
it : then hush thy prattling to me ; no more of it, I say ; 
go — counsel thus the wind. I am resolved upon their 
death ! and die they shalL 

Mrs, S. Heaven protect you then ! foolish, head- 
strong man ! 

Booth, Yes, woman, it will. 
Tableau. 



ACT 11. 

Scene I. — Washington Hotel Parlor. 
JEnter Mrs. Kate LivingstoN; l. h. 

Mrs. L. My country, oh my country, my thoughts 
are ever thine ! Would I were a man, to strike for thee ! 
but woman though I am, still may I serve. 

I must away to camp : how my heart aches with all 
that has been, is, and is to come ! 

(Enter Major Morgan, iinohservedy d. in r.) 

Would Major Morgan were here. I really am 
charmed with him. To possess his love would be to me 
a joy. 

Major Morgan. (Aside.) She speaks of me. I 
came upon her most fortunately. She must not suspect 
that I have overheard her musings. I will appear to 
have entered at this moment. (Aloud.) Ah, Mrs. Liv- 
ingston ! how fortunate I am to find you here. I am 
just in time for a little friendly talk all by ourselves, — a 
tete-a-tete as the French say. So, it seems you are to 
go to camp. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 23 

M)'s. Liv. Yes, Major, I am. Where else should 
the widow of Capt. George Livingston be than min- 
gling with the soldier's sufferings and providing for his 
needs. 

Maj. M. Ah, would I had a heart like thine to bless 
me : the love and pursuit of glory is an empty joy, 
without a noble woman's love to share its honors. Is it 
not so, lady ? 

Mrs, L, Yes, Major, yes ; and if it is indeed my love 
you need to make you happy, take it, and with it this 
hand, which shall never forsake thee, through good re- 
port and evil report, but ever faithful I shall be. 

Maj, M, Thank Heaven, thank Heaven ! for this so 
precious gift, thy heart and hand. Now I shall work 
with tenfold delight for my country, since I have thee, 
ah, thee ! to please. 

Mrs, L, And I in having so brave and fair a soldier 
for my love, shall only the more love Union and sweet 
liberty. 

Major M, I place about your waist my arm, and to 
thy fair lips I press my own ; and before high Heaven I 
swear devoted, eternal truth to thee : thou art ray 
heart's long sought for joy. 

Mrs. L, Is it so, indeed ? then are we in truth 07ie ; 
for I have thought of thee as I have thought of none 
else : Heaven has blessed us now. 

Major M. Yes, sweet love, yes. In living for each 
other, we shall the better serve our country. I must 
leave you for the camp. (Exit Morgan, r. h.) 

Mrs, L, That is a man ; and I am indeed proud of his 
love. Heaven bless our attachment ! 

I know not why it is, but I feel unusually depressed 
to-day. I had such horrid dreams last night of rep- 
tiles, and all abominable things, that I slept but little ; 



24 GENERAL GRANT; 

and this, it may be, is the cause of my heaviness to- 
day. 

{Enter Capt. Pearson", l. h.) 

Well, Capt. Pearson, my husband's best and dear- 
est friend, what news have you to-day. 

Capt, P. None, Mrs. Livingston, worth repeating. 
The rebels give us much to do, to whip them into peace. 
I think we've some hard fighting yet before us, before 
we shall conquer them. 

Mrs, L. No doubt ; but, the more trouble we are at 
to save the Union, the more we and our posterity will 
value it. So upon the whole, dear captain, I don't know 
as it is a matter of such great importance, that we should 
speedily and easily conquer them. 

Cajpt, P. I know not how this may be ; but sure I 
am, the sooner the rebellion is crushed, the better I shall 
be pleased. Katy, there is a rumor that Major Morgan 
is very fond of you, and I have observed that you ap- 
pear pleased with his attentions. 

Now, my dear Katy, you must know that I have ever 
loved you — as well as you were loved by Livingston ! 
even in our childhood I was attached to you. You mar- 
ried Livingston in preference to me, because you thought 
him of a disposition more suited to yours. I thought so 
too ; and though it nearly broke my heart to withdraw 
my suit, and leave you to his possession, yet for your 
more perfect happiness I did so : but, now that he is dead, 
I know of none more adapted to your needs and welfare 
than myself; and therefore I renew my suit, after seve- 
ral years of constant thought and love of you. You must 
be mine : no man shall come between us again. Say, 
Katy, am I not wholly thine, as you are wholly mine ? 

Mrs, L, My dear captain, our. affections are often 
times quite beyond our control. We love deeply, and 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 25 

cannot help it ; and we are led by that love irresistibly ! 
Forgive me when I say, highly as I prize and have 
prized your character as a man and gentleman, I can- 
not promise you marriage, as there is one more than 
your equal in rank, and fully your equal in manhood, and 
far your superior in gentleness of disposition, whom I 
prefer, and whom in all probability I shall marry. 

Capt. P. Oh, oh, oh ! my brain ! my brain — 'twill 
burst — oh, oh! death and damnation ! Major Morgan! 
he it is who is the barrier in my path to thee. Say, is 
it not so ? Yes, yes : I read your answer in your eyes. 

Mrs, L, Capt. Pearson, I am astonislied at this 
outburst of passion. I shall not listen to you a moment 
longer if you do not cease this violence. 

Capt, P, Had you taken a pistol, and shot me 
through the heart, it would have been humanity to this. 
You knew all the bliss I lived for on earth was as 
your husband. Cruel, cruel woman: God will judge 
you ; my heart is broken, my mind is diseased. Farewell ! 
Morgan, yes, Morgan ! {Exit Pears ox, l. h.) 

Mrs, L, Strange and violent man, I pity him 5 yet 
what can I do ? Morgan is my best love, — the one I 
can with most safety trust. He would never consent to 
my marriage with another, knowing, as he does, that I 
love him well. 

And so to Morgan I must e'er be true, 
Whatever the captain mad may dare to do. 

{Exit, R. H.) 

Scene II. — Fortress 3Ionroe. 

{A cell — Major Coxe discovered,) 

Major C, I weary of the life of a prisoner in this 

Yankee Fortress. I would I were exchanged. But for 

the visits of Kate Livingston, I should ha-v^e nothing to 



26 GENERAL GRANT; 

break the tediousness of imprisonment. What a noble 
heart is hers ! I have not seen her since the death of 
her noble husband, whose wounds were received from 
me. Yes : I gave him a soldier's greeting, and can bear 
witness to his courage; he fought me well and long 
and steadily ; but fortune gave to me the victory. 

I have never met a Yankee whom I more respect than 
Capt. Livingston. 

{Enter Mrs. Kate Livingston, unobserved, c. d.) 

And Kate, his w^ife. Ah, what a noble woman 1 how 
worthy of him. r 

Mrs. L. (Aside.) He speaks of my dear dead George 
and of myself: his mind seems ever on us. His grief 
no doubt is most sincere, that 'twas his arm that wid- 
owed me. 

Majcn^ C. What, Mrs. Livingston ! Again I am 
made so happy by your presence. You know not what 
a w^eight of tediousness your visits to my cell have 
lifted from my soul. You are m\^ better angel ; and no 
thought so painful is to me as that my arm has widovred 
thee ! for your husband was in truth a soldier and a 
man. 

Mrs, L, That indeed he was — a brave and loyal 

soldier — an honest, affectionate man. Ah, Major Coxe, 

would I could add to 3^our many virtues, that one I .'-o 

_ dearly prize — loyalty. Why, oh, why, have you rebcHed 

against the government of your countt}^ ? 

Major C. I was educated in the school of Calliouii, 
and fought for Southern rights and honor as lio had 
taught the South. 

Mrs, L, You followed a blind guide : you fell into 
a fatal error ! There is no right of secession : it is a 
foul heresy. If you love me as you have said, I implore 



OB; THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 27 

you renounce it ! Have I not made you happy in your 
imprisonment by my visits and care ? 

31ajor C. Yes, lady, yes: you have made me very 
happy. You have improved my nature ; you have re- 
animated my faith in ivomari^ and by my soul, I love 
you truly. 

Mrs. L. Then if I have made you happy, and you 
love me truly, why not make me happy in return ? You 
are soon to be exchanged — promise me you will fight 
no more against the good old flag beneath whose folds 
we have grown to be a nation of which we may well be 
proud. 

Major C. Lady, you ask much, too much of me. I 
must not, cannot, dare not, desert the South. Ask me 
for my eyes, head, any thing but this, and I'll not 
refuse you. 

3frs. L. I see you love me not. 

Major C. By Heaven, I think too much of you. 
^Twere an easy thing to prove recreant to my native 
South in presence of thy charms. Would not I fall 
indeed, to forsake her noiv, w^hen, pressed by defeat, she 
needs the valor and constancy of all her sons ? 

Mrs, L. You reason, Major Coxe, like a madman. 
Your cause is a bad one — it is rebellion ! if you w^ould 
aid in healing the wounds you have caused my poor 
Avidowed heart by having slain my husband, cease to be 
a rebel ! go home a patriot and a Christian — strike for 
the Union ! and that dear old flag, the glorious stars and 
stripes ! and teach your people through your gifted 
mind the way back to honor ! 

Major C. By Heaven ! fair enchantress, almost thou 
persuadest me to apostasy ! leave me ; to none would I 
listen thus speaking, but to thee. Again I say, leave me 
or I am undone. 



28 GENERAL GEANT ; 

3frs, L, Promise me fidelity to the good old flag. 
Come^ noW; Major Coxe, I will be satisfied with nothing 
else — if this is to undo you, the sooner you are undone 
the better. 

Major C. (Aside.) By Heaven ! She's the pluck of 
a lioness ! the perseverance of the hound. I love her, 
yes, dearly, and must yield to her charms. (Aloud.) 
Lady — 

Mrs. L. Come, Major Coxe, you have made me very 
miserable as a rebel — now, make me very happy by 
your loyalty — won't you. Major Coxe? — now do. 

Major C. Yes, sweet lady, yes. I surrender to your 
charms. No more will I fight against the stars and 
stripes, but I will go South and speak for Union and 
liberty and thee ! 

3£rs. L. My prayers are answered. I labor not in 
vain. (Aloud.) The Union yet shall be restored. 
Major Coxe, may Heaven bless you and guard you. I 
must now to camp to attend the wounded and the dying ; 
and happy, ah, happy indeed, the thought that you are 
henceforth to battle for the right ! farewell. Richmond 
soon must fall. 

Major. C. Farewell, dear lady, never shall I cease 
to think of thee ! (Exit Mrs. L., c. d.) 

What will not a v/oman's charms accomplish. I never 
thought to be vanquished thus. 

(Enter Booth, gloomihj and careworn^ c. d.) 

Booth here. 

Booth. Well, Coxe, you've had a long stay in the 
Fortress, but you are to be soon exchanged — you will 
fight all the better against the Yankees for this their 
harsh treatment of you — no ? 

Major C. Booth, I am a changed man. I am now 
for Union. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 29 

Booth. Indeed ! You are then no longer any friend 
of mine, or confident — farewell ! an impassable gulf 
divides us — farewell, apostate ! I know you from this 
time, henceforth, no more : farewell, thou changeling ! 
thank God I am none ; for they one and all shall die ! 
as firm as steel this high swelling heart. (Exit, c. d.) 

Major (7. They one and all shall die — what can he 
mean by that? some stage part he's rehearsing, no 
doubt — so strange his manner, wild his eye. But 
never mind, I'll look to my own concerns and leave 
others to theirs. Ah, the old flag I am again to honor ! 
Kate Livingston, — but she can ne'er be mine — she 
never bid me hope. 

Scene III. — A Camp before Richmond, 
(Eater Gex. Thomas, k. h.) 
Gen, T. These rebels fight ivell, but they cannot 
conquer ; we have beaten them in every thing, we shall 
beat them in arms ! Our money, men, and valor must 
prevail. Every year the war continues, weakens them 
and strengthens us. Our losses are heavy, but for every 
man that falls we may count on ten to fill his place. 
This war is popular; it is emphatically the people's 
war ! the war for liberty ! 

(Enter Gex. Grant.) 

Geyi. T, Ah, General, the rebels are putting us to 
our trumps. 

Gen. Grant. Yes, sir, but we have the trumps to 
play, and if we do not make them tell we shall play 
badly, 

(Enter a wounded Soldier.) 

Poor fellow, though bearing but a musket, your virtues 
are well w^orthy of a sword. 



30 GENERAL GRANT; 

Soldier. General, God bless you. Please say to Mrs. 
Livingston whom all our camp love so well, that I thank 
her from the bottom of my heart for all her kindness to 
me in the hospital. I am on my last legs ; I faint from 
loss of blood — a piece of shell has entered here. 

Gen. T. Poor fellow ! 

Soldier. But though I am wounded to the death, I 
am happy — and wish I had a thousand lives to give to 
my country ! 

Gen. G. Of such brave lads is our army composed. 
"With them in the front I may confidently hope for con- 
quest ! 

Soldier. Oh ! I sink — I die ! General, never give 
up the ship ! (Dies.) 

Gen. G. Poor fellow ! 

{E7iter Majob Morgax.) 

Gen. T. Faithful lad — you have gone but a short 
time before us. 

Gen. G. Well, Major, the enemy's fire appears to 
have ceased — no more we hear the booming of their 
cannon. 

Major M. They are evacuating Eichmond. 

Ge7i. T. Good riddance to bad rubbish. 

Gen. G. "Tis about time the rats were smoked out 
of their holes ; a nest of traitors. You are wounded 
Major ! 

Major M. Slightly, sir, slightly. There is a minuie- 
ball just here in my arm : this is the tenth wound I 
have received in the sers^ce ; rather more fortunate 
than you. Gen. Thomas. 

Gen. T. Yes, sir, rather so, but my good fortune is 
to come. (Aside.) He is a j^layful Major, really. 

Gen. G. Your children. Major Morgan, may well be 
proud of your honorable scars. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 31 

Major M, Alas, I have no children. 

Gen, T. You should have done more for your coun- 
try in that way, Major — 'tis not gallant. 

Major M, I know it, General — 'tis no compliment 
to the ladies for a soldier to remain unmarried ; but the 
time cannot be far distant when I shall stand right upon 
this question. 

Gen, G, I hope you may. I believe in woman. I 
think next to my God and country, I value her. (Exit. 
L. H.) 

Gen, T. A crown indeed to him whom she truly 
loves. Major, do you realize what a charming woman 
Mrs. Livingston is ? Why don't you pay court to her ? 
If I were a bachelor, I'd pop the question at once. 

Major M. I admire your taste ; yes, very much. 

Gen, T, Perhaps you have struck for her already ? 

Major M, She has stood by me through all the per- 
secution of my enemies, fixed in her devotion as the 
North Star. I, General, shall stand by her. 

Gen, T. May your mutual loves be as perpetual as 
shall be the Union of these States. But there are slips 
between the cup and the lips, and the course of true love 
never yet did run smooth : so look out, Major. (Exit, 

E. H.) 

Major M, Oh what a passion is love ! Who that has 
felt it without a mingling of pain and pleasure harrow- 
ing to the mind. . 

(Enter Capt. Pears ox, b. h.) 

I fear I may never wed her. Something here upon 
this too busy brain seems prophecy. 
Capt, F. And you never shall ! 
Major M, Villain! to steal upon my privacy tlms. 
Capt P, I swear it : she shall never wed ! the widow 



32 GENERAL GRANT 



of one of the best friends I ever had in this world — she 
shall live true to his memory. 

Major M, Sir, I am a soldier. I have received ten 
wounds in the service of my country. I fear no man. I 
thought you my friend ; but it is plain you are my 
enemy. Provoke me not to a quarrel : leave me. 

Copt. P, A quarrel is what I want. (Aside.) Let 
me but get him out of the way, and Mrs. Livingston 
is mine. (Aloud.) I say sir, a quarrel is what I want. 
You are struck. I say draw and defend yourself, cow- 
ard ! 

Major M. And so I am a coward, because I do not 
draw to kill in cold blood one I esteem a friend — indeed ? 
Look you, Pearson, I will not draw. If it is my life 
which you seek, that I may be cut off from Mrs. Living- 
ston, take this pistol — take it I say, (he takes the pis- 
tot) and at my naked breast discharge its contents. You 
will then no longer call me coward, since without any 
peril to your life I give you the chance of taking 
mine. 

Capt. F. So very brave a fellow should be tested. 
Egad ! 1^11 have one shot at you, sir, by way of keeping 
my hand in. Your pluck is admirable ; it pleases me : 
come take your position Major, I'll try your nerve. 
(Major Morgax coolly takes his position.) 

Major M. jSi ow, sir, I am ready : fire at your pleas- 
ure, and be my blood and Mrs. Livingston's sorrow upon 
your head — your cowardly soul forever ! (Capt. 
Pearson raises his ar?n to fire, but, observing the calm 
and heroic bearing of Morgan, the pistol drops from 
his grasp.) 

Capt. P. I cannot kill that man : the spirit of love 
and virtue shields him. Major Morgan ! live and be 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 33 

happy — you are worthy Kate Livingston. (He em- 
braces Morgan.) Forgive me, I am mad. 
(Enter Mrs. Liyingston, r. h.) 

I cannot kill you; your country needs you, and I 
should indeed be base to slay so brave a man. ]^o ! 
much as I envy you the possession of Mrs. Livingston, 
whose virtues have charmed me, I cannot murder you 
— no, no, no. 

Mrs, L, Is this not all a dream ? Stand aside, sir, 
from him you would have murdered. These arms are 
Kate Livingston's alone ! 

Capt, P. Lady ! deeply do I repent my foul purpose. 
And as heretofore I have desired the death of Major 
Morgan for your love's sake, so shall I henceforth pray 
that he may live and be happy in your love, 

Mrs, L, I doubt you, sir. (Aside.) I shall watch 
him narrowly. 

Capt. P. I am disbelieved I That you may know I 
am sincere I shall leave you, nevermore to meet either 
of you again. I go no matter where — perhaps to 
death ! 

Farewell, Mrs. Livingston — farewell ! You may now 
enjoy the love of Major Morgan, without fear of me. 
You are worthy of each other. 

Were I to remain near you, my wayward, headstrong 
nature might come between you ; but, absent from you, 
I am harmless. Farewell ! sometimes remember Pear- 
son. (He rushes from the stage.) 

Major M, Poor Pearson ! sensitive thine honor to 
the breath of suspicion. 

Kate L. He has done wisely. 

Major M. Let us now, love, be happy. 
Tableau. 

3 



34 



Scene IV. — The Siege of Richmond, — Booming of 
cannon, r. — Meeting of Union Officers. 

Enter Officers, r. h. 

1st Officer, Thank Heaven ! at last that nest of trai- 
tors is smoked out : they are evacuating Richmond. 

2d Officer, I've scarcely words to express the pleas- 
ure I feel : they have been most obstinate. 

1st Officer, Yes, yes, sir, they should have had an 
earlier Grant of leave. I tell you, sir, we have now a 
man at the head of the army, before w^hose grand genius 
the rebellion will be crushed in a short time. 

2d Officer, Grant is the man for the work. Spades 
are not trumps for him, but skill arid cannon. 

Come, sir, let us into the tent, and drink to Grant and 
the fall of Richmond. 

1st Officer, In then — come. (Exeunt, l. h.) 

Scene V. — Gen. Grant's Tent, — A table and papers 
thereon, with plan of the campaign. 

(Enter Gen. Grant, r. h.) 
Gen, G. The fight goes bravely on ; our men lay in 
swarths. The gallant Morgan leads the left, and is 
omnipresent on the field. Horse after horse has been 
shot from under him, yet he remains untouched. Who 
can think the days of Homer are no more ? 

(Enter Major Moroan, l. h.) 
Major M, Ah, General ! this is a glorious day for 

the Union ? 

Gen, G, Yes, Major : you are well blackened with 

the smoke of the battle ? 

Major M, Yes, I have been busy. Happy am I to 

say the Confederate lines are broken, and thq traitors fly 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 35 

in all directions wild with dismay ; not even the intrepid 
and master spirit of Lee can rally them. Their dead 
encumber the field : so. too. their dying and their weap- 
ons. They cannot make another successful stand ; they 
are beaten. 

Gen, G. Our soldiers are our pride. With such we 
could conquer the world. I have seen them face and 
fight the foe until, exhausted by their wounds, they fell 
dead upon one another. 

{Enter Okderly Sergeant, l. h.) 

Serg, The enemy has been re-enforced, and are driv- 
ing us again. 

Gen, G. Indeed! Driving us again ? Come, ^'vlajor, 
we must put a stop to this. The day must be ours. 

Major 31. By my sweet lady Livingston it must! It 
shall! Come quickly. {Exit Graxt and -Morgax, 
followed by the Sergeant, l. h.) 

{Enter Booth moodily^ c.) 

Booth. All here is solitude : even as my poor broken, 
bleeding heart. I fear that all hope for Southern inde- 
pendence is gone forever ! These Xorthern hounds are 
too mean, too nimble, and too strong. I came hither to 
see Grant, but find him not! *Tis well for him. But 
ril not be impatient : my plot cannot fail : ay, must not. 
{Exit, R. H.) 

Scene YI. — The Battle-Field. The roar of artillery 

heard. 

{Enter Mrs. Livixgstox, with Mood upon Iter face, 
bearing a Union flag, R. h.) 

Mrs. L. The battle rages fearfully, and the cry is that 
Grant has fallen ! Heaven forbid! I bleed — my face 
is badly wounded. 



o6 GENERAL GRANT; 

{Enter JMajor Morgan, r. h.) 

Major M. I have been hunting for you everywhere ! 
You are too exposed in this quarter of the field: you 
must retire ! The enemy's balls are flying so thick and 
fast about us, you may again be wounded and fatally. 

Mrs, L. I do not fear ; my country's cause is holy. 
I will share your perils. This tattered standard inspires 
me with redoubled courage. 

Major M, You are too much exposed. You must re- 
tire. I insist. Come, love, come, where you can attend 
the wounded and the dying with less exposure to the 
enemy's fire ? Come, I say ; for my sake, come. 

Mrs, L, For your sake then, and for yours only. Be 
it so. Come. {Exit Major Morgan and Mrs. L., 
L. H. Troops now charge and recharge across the stage, 
officers contending ivith officers, hand to hand. Troops 
dis2yerse, and leave upon the stage a Confederate colonel^ 

{Enter Major Morgax.) 

Col. Fike. One or the other of us must bite the dust ! 
The Confederacy, in whose cause I am proud to be en- 
listed, deniojids it ! 

Major M. Brave words, but we shall test their verity. 
Come on. {They jight, and Col. 'F ike, falls.) 

Col, Pike, You are in luck; yet have I strength! 
take that, sir. {He attempts to shoot Morgax.) I can- 
not kill him. Well, so be it. {Dies.) 

Major M. So goes rebellion ! {Exit Morgan, l. h.) 

{Enter Union soldiers, u. E. r. h.) 

1st Soldier, Here is a reb of rank — a Col. Pike, — I 
swear it : " gone up '^ at last. 

2d Soldier, Clever fellow, he ; but too fond of dirty 
work. I think he had a hard fight. Come, let's bear 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 37 

liim off. {They bear off the body. The Confederate 
troops re-enter^ and drive the Union troops.) 

{Enter Major Morgan, l. h., excited with contest, his 
garments tattered and covered with mud.) 

Major M. Come forth, you rebel hound who stabbed 
my noble steed, whose life I value even as my own. Come 
forth, I say : you shall not escape me ! Coward ! where 
are you ? Come forth, I say, and give me battle once 
again. Unhorsed though I am, I've yet a trusty steel and 
an arm of iron. Coward ! where are you ? Do you hide 
amid the smoke of battle, or in some trench or hollow 
oak? Come forth I say, Major Morgan dares thee ! 
{Enter Major Savage, rehelj u. e. k. h.) 
Major S, Where is he who calls so loud ? Ah ! here 
I have found you sir, at last. I killed your horse ; I'll 
now kill you, I have fought you long, but lost you 'mid 
the rush of battle ! Was't you whose cry of '^ Coward ! " 
just fell upon my ear ? 
Major M. Ay, sir. 

Major S. One good compliment deserves another : 
(he attempts to stab hini) take that, sir. 

Major M. Your dagger I defy; draw, and defend 
yourself. Til teach you manners, sir, as well as loyalty. 
{They fight,) 

Major S. Braggart ! Bah, come on ! (Major Sav- 
age falls.) You have me. I am pinked nicely ; you 
did it well. Good, sir, give me your hand — let me die 
your friend, though I detest your cause ? There is one 
to whom I am betrothed : bear this letter to her, with 
this minature. Farewell, I faint — I die. {Dies.) 

Major M. Misguided man — to fall in arms against 
your country ! Oh ! I am weary of slaughter ; yet must 
it go on until victory is complete ! 



38 GENERAL GRANT; 

{Enter Kate Livingston.) 

Mrs. X. Where are you, Major Morgan? I have 
been looking for you long ; where are you ? 

Major M, Here, love ; faint with the fatigue of duty. 

Mrs. L. You are much exhausted ; drink of this 
flask — it may revive you. Gen. Grant has not fallen ; 
he is safe, and untouched / the day — the day, Major, is 
ours ! ! The enemy is beaten at all points ; our cavalry 
are in hot pursuit ; rebellion, virtually is crushed. Our 
flag has not lost one star ! 

Major M. Thanks, kind Heaven, thanks ! 

Mrs. L. Ah ! who is this ? I have seen his face be- 
fore. 

Major M. One my sword has slain I 

Mrs. L. ^Tis Major Savage! I knew him ivell ; an 
early suitor for my heart and hand. He broke with 
many warm Northern friends to join the Confederate ser- 
vice, and such an end is well for the traitor. 

Major M. I am faint, love, from over toil ; I kept 
the field too long ; bear me to my tent. 

Mrs. L. Here, lie down upon this skin, with my 
mantle for a pillow : lie down and sleep, while I watch 
over thee and liberty. {Curtain falls to music.) 



ACT III. 

Scene I. — House of Dr. Mudd. Dr. Mudd, Harold, 
and Booth, discovered, 

Dr, Mudd. How is your leg ? 

Booth. Better, doctor — much better ; you have done 
me a great service ; but crutches are poor substitutes for 
legs, my dear sir — to a man in a hurr}^, too, who needs 
sound limbs as much as I. There is a great exciteixient 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 39 

about the death of Lincoln: I hope they will catch the 
scoundrel. (Aside.) But he may escape. (Aloud.) 
'Twas cruel to kill so good a man. 

Dr. Mudd* He was no favorite of mine. 

Booth. Nor mine, sir, I assure you. 

Harold. Nor mine. (Aside.) Though I know not 
why. 

Booth. Well, doctor, we must part. Come, Harold, 
come ; weVe no time to lose ; we must hasten to the 
Potomac. 

Dr. Miidd. Be careful of your leg — for a few days, 
at least. 

Booth. Ay doctor, — so good bye, sir ; and should 
you ever sit to try the base murderer of Lincoln, hang 
him ! Come, Harold. 

Dr. Mudd. God speed you. (Exit Booth and Har- 
old, L. H.) Lincoln dead — good news ! — good news ! 
Every true Southerner will feel no less happy that this 
man is no more. (Exit Dk. Mudd.) 

ScEJ^E II. — The Potomac. Booth on a crutch, in 

company with Hakold — a negro observing them 

from the bank of the river. ■ — A boat near by. 

Booth. Well, here we are, at the river. 

Harold. How is your leg? 

Booth. Very painful — but I'll make it serve me. 
Come, let us cross in this boat. See that negro, yonder, 
— damn him — he may be to us evil. But come, let's 
go over — once across, we may move along rapidly. 
Get into the boat. 

Harold. A storm is coming on. 

Booth. Let it come; get into the boat. (They get 
into the boat, and the storm comes on loith lond thunder 
and sharp lightning — they cross the river.) 



40 GENERAL GRANT; 

Scene III. — Enter Col. Baker and his men^ l. h. 
in pursuit, — at Fort Royal Ferry. 
Col. B. We are on their track. Be vigilant, and we 
shall soon overtake the assassin. Come, lose no time. 
Thanks to the negro Swan for directions. Come, boys, 
come. (Exit Col. Baker andforce^ b. s.) 

Scene IV. — Gai^'et£s Farm. — A pathway to the ham 
Enter Booth limping on a crutch, followed hy Ha- 
rold, L. H. 

Booth. A broken leg is but a trifle to a man of 
leisure, but to a man who is flying for life it is most in- 
convenient. Lincoln might have cost me more, however, 
than a broken leg. Virginia, my native South, thou art 
avenged ! '^ Sic semper tyrannis I ^^ Harold, what ails 
you ? — cheer up — your soul needs iron ! Now, that the 
deed is done, put on a bold front I say — he a man! 
Come, let us go into old Garrett's barn, we shall be safe 
there. You are tremulous. Coward — pshaw ! man, you 
can but die ! and is death so terrible ? All must die, 
sir, passing through nature to eternity ! Come in. 
(Booth enters the ham, R. c.) 
Harold. (Aside.) I fear discovery. Oh, would I 
were innocent of this crime ! 

Booth. (Firmly.) I say, come in ! come in, sir. 

(Harold entei^s.) 

Scene V. — Interior of Garrett' s Baim. — Booth and 
Harold discovered. 

Booth. I am weary. I must have repose. My leg 
is very painful — I'll lay upon this straw. I may thank 
Dr. Mudd that it is not more so. I would sleep. 

Harold. (Aside) And so would I — but I cannot, 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 41 

my conscience condemns ! (Aloud.) Booth, I am much 
troubled ; what if we should be captured this very 
night ? 

Booth, Well, what if we should — we no doubt would 
be carried back to Washington, exhibited for the benefit 
of the Sanitary Commission, and when they couldn't 
run us any longer at a profit, we should be, no doubt, 
hung ! ! How do you like that for a prospect ? 

Harold, Booth, you are too reckless. 

Booth, Damn you, I told you ere you entered into 
this bloody business with me, that I would put it through ; 
and that if you followed my fortunes joum life hung on 
the cast ! What has been done cannot be recalled ! 
Your conscience was easy enough when the game began, 
and were you not such a coward it would be easy now. 
If you fear to stay with me — go ! and go at once. I 
will remain alone. J. Wilkes Booth fears not to act it 
out like a man ! I am living for history ! and I bear 
wdthin this bosom a heart and a w411 that cannot be sub- 
dued I go, I sa}^ 

Harold, No, Booth, I cannot leave you now, and 
alone, too, in this barn. 

Booth, Then be a man ! take courage, whine no 
more ; be cheerful, and come what may, be calm ! Lin- 
coln the tyrant is dead ! and is not that a history rival- 
ling the fall of Ccesar at the hand of Brutus ! am I not 
my country's deliverer, and are you not made illustrious 
by my confidence and companionship in so noble a ser- 
vice — then be a man Harold — be a man ! 

Harold, Ah, what noise is that ? 

Booth, The tramp of horses I 

Harold. Mounted by armed men ! 

Booth, I do not fear them. 

Harold, Booth, we are lost. 



42 GENERAL GRANT; 

Booth. You may be. coward ! but I am safe. 

Harold. They are at the house of Garrett; in search 
for us. 

Booth. Damn them. 

Harold. I can distinctly hear them — now, they 
come this way. 

Booth. Damn them, I say. 

(Enter Col. Baker and troops ^ l. h.) 

Col. Baker. Within there ! To the persons in this 
barn; I have a proposal to make. We are about to send 
in to you the son of the man in whose custody you are 
found. Either surrender to him your arms, and then 
give yourselves up, or we'll set fire to the place. We 
mean to take jovi both, or to have a bonfire and a 
shooting match. 

Harold. ( Very much alarmed?) Had we not better 
give ourselves up ? 

Booth. Infernal coward — never ! They shall be at 
some trouble to take me at least. {The door is sud- 
denly pu^h^d open and the lad^ John M. Garrett, is 
pushed in.) 

Garrett. Do. sirs, come out ; or you will be burned to 
death — they will surely fire the barn ! 

Booth. Get out of here — you have betrayed me. 
Begone I (Booth draws a pAstol. Exit the hoy.) 

Harold. Oh; oh ! 

Booth. The light from without discovers to me the 
form of the two detectives. I could kill them both ! 
But nO; I will not do it. Til fight them fairly, though 
outnumbered as I am. 

Col. B. Inside there. You must surrender, I say. 
Give up your arms and appear ; there is no cliance for 
escape. We give you five minutes to make up your 
mind. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 43 

Booth. Who are you ? 

Col. B. That makes no difference. We know who 
you are, and we want you. We have here fifty men 
— armed with carbines and pistols — you cannot es- 
cape. 

Booth. Captain, this is a hard case, — I swear. (Jb 
Harold.) Perhaps I am being taken by my own friends. 
(Aloud to the men ivithoiU.) Will you give us a little 
time to consider ? 

Col. B. Very well — take time. 

Booth. {Talks to himself viusingly.) By Heaven • 
I am perplexed ; for the first time in my life, I am 
undecided. What I have done is done — 'tis history ! 
history ! I am immortalized ! ha, ha, ha, I am a hero. 
The bold youth who fired the Ephesian dome outlives in 
fame the pious fool who raised it ! If I am taken alive, 
I shall be hung for an assassin. The Korth would howl 
my doom. Shall I make such a record ? no, by the 
eternal — no ! I will play the hero to the end — the 
Brutus of my country. What I have done, my con- 
science accepts. If I have been misled by it, Heaven, 
not men must judge me ! from whom I cannot hope for 
justice or mercy. I — 

Harold. Come, Booth, decide. 

Booth. My decision is to defy them I I will never 
surrender — never, never ! 

Col. B. Well, we have vvaited long enough. Come 
out, or we will fire the barn. 

Booth. I am but a cripple, a one-legged man. With- 
draw your forces one hundred yards from the door, and 
I will come out. Give me a chance for my life, captain, 
as I have given you and your men a chance for theirs. 
I could have killed you six times to night, but I believed 
you to be a brave man, and would not murder you. Give 



44 GENERAL GRANT; 

me then, I sav, a chance for my life ; I will never be 
taken alive ! 

Col, B. We came here to capture you — not to fight 
you. I say again, appear, or the barn shall be fired. 

Booth. Well then, my brave boys, prepare a stretcher 
for me. 

Harold, I wish I was out of this scrape. 

Booth. Go, go. I don't want you to stay, I won't 
have you — coward. There is a man here who wants to 
surrender. 

Col. B. Let him come if he will bring his arms. 

Booth. He has no arms — they are inine. 

Harold. Let me out — let me out ! I have no arms 
— I want to surrender. (^The door is now opened 
slightly.) 

Col. B. Let him put out his hands to be handcuffed. 
{He puts out his hands., and is jerked through the door.) 

Booth. I^ow, captain, give me a chance. Draw off 
your men, and I will fight them singly. Give a lame 
man a show. 

Col. Baker. Surrender ! 

Booth. Never, while I have life ! 

{The ham is noio fired. Booth stands defiant and 
unaiced amid the fiames; in this position he is shot.) 

(Enter Col. Baker and Col. Coxger, who go to 

Booth.) 
Col. Conger. Water, water. 

Booth. {To Col. Baker.) Tell mother I die for my 
country. What I have done I did for the best. Raise 
my hands ; I cannot feel them. {His hands are raised 
by Col. Coxger.) 

Booth. Useless, useless. {Dies.) 
Music. 



OR, THE STAR OF UNION AND LIBERTY. 45 

SciiyE VI. — Washington JSoteL — Pnvate Parlor. 
Enter Mrs. Kate Liyiis^gston, l. h. 

Mrs, L, Our good President was so foully murdered, 
that I cannot cease to grieve ; and Sec. Seward, too, is 
at the point of deatli from the weapon of a bravo. 

No one is safe here in Washington, where traitors 
are concealed. 

{Enter Major Morgax, l. h.) 

Major M. Booth has been shot. 

Mrs. L. Thanks to that gracious Providence which 
ruleth over all. Retribution has followed close upon the 
steps of crime. The nation's sorrows are doubly mine : 
my poor heart aches with the thought. 

Major M. Come, cheer thee up my Kate, and let us 
be happy in our love. 

3Irs. L. Yes, 'tis cliildish to nurse our afflictions : 
let us, then, since rebellion is crushed, seek in our attach- 
ment the happiness of constancy. 

Major M. You have throughout the struggle for the 
Union of the States, borne yourself with a noble cour- 
age. I am blessed in the thought. 

Mrs, L, And I, in ha\dng won the confidence of a 
true soldier, a good man, am also blessed. The war 
being at an end, we are free to m.arry. When you are 
ready, so am I. 

Major M. To-morroWj then, my Kate, shall be our 
wedding-day. 

Mrs. L. YeS; to-morrow; and may the union we 
form be as enduring as that now saved by the united 
genius of Lincoln, Seward, Grant, Slieridan and Sher- 
man. Behold their star — the star of Union and of 
Liberty ! our country's glory ! {The scene now changes 
to a brilliant illumination of the sky, in ichich appears 



46 GENERAL GRANT. 

a grand star of five colors j each color representing one 
of the above named j^ersons. Iced for Grant, ivho oc- 
cu2Jies the middle, blue for Lincoln^ icho occujnes the 
north section of the sta.r, green for Seward, tcho occu- 
pies the south section of the star, and pink for Sheri- 
DAN; yellow for Sherman, who occupy the east and 
IV est sections respectively.) 

Major j\L Shine on bright star, forever ! 

Mi's, L. Let us kneel, love, let us kneel to genius, 
constancy, and truth — 

Major M. To Union and to Liberty ! 

Mrs. L. And may that love we bear each other be 
as eternal, and as pure. 

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18 White Horse of the Pep- 

19 The Jacob'te 

20 The Bott:9 

21 Box and Cox 
i 22 Bamboozling 
, 23 Widow" s Victim 
, 24 Robert Macaire 



VOL. X. 

73 Ireland and America 

74 Pretty Piece of Business 

75 Irish Broom-maker 



XIX. 



VOL 

145 Columbujj 

146 Harlequin Bluebeard 

147 Ladies at Home 



VOL. XI. 

81 O'Flannigan and the Fa- 

82 Irish Post [ries 

83 My Neighbor's Wife 

84 Irish Tiger 
8d P , P. , or Man and Tiger 

86 To Oblige Benson 

87 State Secrets 

88 Irish Yankee 

VOL. XII. 

89 A Good Fellow 

90 Cherry and Fair Star 

91 Gale Breezely 

92 Our Jemimy 

93 Miller's Maid 

94 Awkward Arrival 

95 Crossing the Line 

96 Conjugal Lesson 



VOL. XXV 

217 Crinoline 

218 A Family Pailine 

219 Adopted Child 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the D( 

222 Advice to Husbi 

223 Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Towe: 
VOL. XXIX 

225 Somebody Else 

226 Ladies" Battle 

227 Art of Acting 

228 The Lady of the 

229 The Rights of Ml 

230 Mv Husband's Gl 

231 Two Can Play 
Game 

232 Fighting by Pro: 

,«, ^ ^^?^- ^^^- i ^OL. XXX. , 

161 Promotion [ual!233 Unprotected FemaW 

162 A Fascinating Individ- 234 Pet of the Petticoats' 

163 Mrs. Caudle ««- »^ . 

164 Shakspeare's Dream 

165 Neptune's Defeat 

166 Lady of Bedchamber 

167 Take Care of Little 



'6 To Paris and Back forjl48 Phenomenon in a Smock 
Five Pounds Frock 

77 That Blessed Bab* 149 Comedy and Tragedy 

78 Our Gal * /150 Opposite Neighbors 

79 Swiss Cottage 151 Dutchman's Ghost 

80 Young Widow jl52 I'ersecuted Dutchman 
VOL. XX. 

153 Musard Ball 

154 Great Tragic Revival 

155 High Low Jack k Game 
166 A Gentleman from Ire- 

157 Tom and Jerry (land 

158 Village Lawyer 

159 Captain's not A-miss 

160 Amateurs and Actors 



I VOL, IV. 

: 25 Secret Service 
[ 26 Omnibuj 
I 27 Irish Lion 
; 28 Maid of Croissy 
1 29 The Old Guard 
: 30 Raising the Wind 
; 31 Slasher and Crasher 
j 32 Naval Engagements 
VOL. V. 

33 Cocknies in California 

34 Who Speaka First 

35 Bombastes Furioso 

36 Macbeth Travestie 

37 Irish Ambassador 

I 38 Delicate Ground „ 

; 39 The Weathercock [GoldlliO Andy Blake 
< 40 All that Glitters is NotUll Love in '76 



VOL. XIII. 

97 My Wife's Mirror 

98 Life in New York 

99 Middy Ashore 

100 Crown Prince 

101 Two Queens 

102 Thumping Legacy 

103 Unfinished Gentleman 

104 House Dog 

VOL. XIV. 

105 The Demon Lover 

106 Matrimony 

107 In and Out of Place 

108 I Dine with Jly Mother 

109 Hi-a-wa-tha 



235 Forty and Fifty ; be 

236 Who Stole the Pock 

237 My Sen Diana [si 

238 Unwarrantable Intr 

239 Mr. and Mrs. White, 



168 Irish Widow ( Charley' 240 A Quiet Family 



i VOL. VI. 

I 41 Grimshaw, Bagshaw and 

I Bradshaw 

i 42 Rough Diamond 

I 43 Bloomer Costume 

I 44 Two Bonnycastles 

[ 45 Born to Good Luck 

[ 46 Kiss in the Dark [jurer 

47 'Twon'd Puzzle a Con- 

48 Kill ' .• Cure 

! VOL. VII. 

49 Box and Cox Married and 

50 St. Cupid [Settled 

51 Go-to-bed Tom 

52 The Lawyers 

53 Jack Sheppard 

54 The Toodles 

55 The Mobcap 

56 Ladies Beware 

VOL. VIII 

57 Morning Call 

58 Popping the Question 

59 Deaf as a Post 

60 New Footman 

61 Pleasant Neiehbor 

62 Paddy the Piper 

63 Brian O' Linn 

64 Irish AssuranCv 



[ties 

112 Romance under Difficul- 

VOL. XV. 

113 One Coat for 2 Suits 

114 A Decided Case 

115 Daughter (.^ority 

116 No ; or, the Glorious Mi- 

117 Coroner's Inquisition 

118 Love in Humble Life 

119 Family Jars 

120 Personatisn 
VOL. XVL 

121 Children in the Wood 

122 Winning a Husband 

123 Day after the Fair 

124 Make Your Wills 

125 Rendezvous 

126 My Wife's Husband 

127 Monsieur Tonson 

128 lUnstrious Stranger 
VOL. XVII 

129 Mischief-Making [Mines 

130 A Live Woman in the 

131 The Corsair 

132 Shylock 

133 Spoiled Child 
1.34 Evil Eye 

135 Nothing to Nurse 

136 Wanted a Widow 



VOL. IX. 

65 Temptation 

66 Paddy Carey 

67 Tv,o Gregories 
63 King Charming 

69 Po-ca-hon-tas 

70 Clockmaker's Hat 

71 Married Rake 

72 Love and Murder 

VOL. xxxvir. 

289 Ail the Wor)(l'.s a Stage 

290 Qiiash, or Nigger Practice 
201 Turn Him Out 

292 PreUvGiTlsofStiDberg 

293 Angel'of the Attic 

2('4 Cirrumsfanreg alter Cases 
2'<5 Katty 'Shea I 
296 Supper ;n I.ixie 



VOL. XVIII. 
[137 Lottery Ticket 

138 Fortune's Frolic 

139 Is he Jealous "r 

140 Married Bachelor 

141 Husband at Sight 
jl42 Irishman in London 
1143 Animal Magnetism I 
il44 Highways and By- Ways! 

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VOL. XXII. 

169 Yankee Peddlar 

170 Hiram Hireouc 

171 Double-Bedded Room 

172 The Drama Defended 

173 Vermont Wool Dealer 

174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 

175 Principles /rom Charac- 

176 Lady of the Lake (Trav) 

VOL. XXIII. 

177 Mad Dogs 

178 Barney the Baron 

179 Swiss Swains 

180 Bachelor's Bedroom 

181 A Roland for an Oliver 

182 More Blunder* than One 

183 Dumb Belle 

184 Limerick Boy 
VOL. XXIV. 

185 Nature and Philosophy 

186 Teddy the Tiler 

187 Spectre Bridgroom 

188 Matteo Falcone 

189 Jenny Lind 

190 Two Buzzards 

191 Happy Man 

192 Betsy Baker 
VOL. XXV. 

No. 1 Round the Comer 

194 Teddy Roe 

195 Object of Interest 

196 My Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal Tiger 

198 Laughing Hyena 

199 The Victor Vanquished 

200 Our Wife 
VOL. XXVI. 

201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land. 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Good for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wandering Minstrel 
!208 Wanted, 1000 Milliners 
' VOL. XXVII. 

209 Poor Pilcoddy 
j210 The Mummy [Glasses! 
■211 Don't Forgetyour Opera' 282 A Regular Fix 

212 Love in Livery ' 283 Dick Tu: fin 

213 Anthony and Cleopatra i284 Young Pcam. 

214 Trying It Cn. i285 Young Actress 

215 Stage Struck Yankee 286 Call at No. 1-7 

216 Young Wife & Old Um- 287 One Toucn of Nat 

brella J288 Two B'hoys 

VOL. XXXIX 



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VOL. XXXI. __ 

241 Cool as Cucumber! 

242 Sudden Thoughts \ 

243 Jumbo Jum 

244 A Blighted Being 

245 Little Toddlekins. 

246 A Lover by Proxy fl 

247 Maid with the Milkii 

248 Perplexing Predicame 
VOL. XXX^ 

249 Dr. Dilworth 

250 Out to N-irse 

251 A LuckA Hit 

252 The Dowager 

253 Metamora (Lurlesqa 

254 Dreams of Delusiod 

255 The Shakf r Loven 

256 Ticklisl: Times 
VOL. XXXIII. ^, 

257 20 Minutes with a Tig... 

258 Miralda: or, the Juati< 
of Tacon 

259 A Soldier's Courtsh; 

260 Servants by LegacYj 

261 Dying for Love "1 

262 Alarming Sacrlficel 

263 Valet de Sham f 

264 Nicholas Nickleby i 
VOL. XXXIV. 

265 The Last of the Pij. 

266 King Reue'^ Daughter 

267 The Grotto Nvmph 

268 A Devilish Good JoJ 

269 A Twice Told Tale , 

270 Pas de Fascination! 

271 Revolutionary Soldi 

272 A Man Without a H^ 
VOL. XXXV. 

273 The Olio, Part 1 

274 The Olio, Part 2 

275 The Olio, Part 3 

276 The Trumpeter's Da^ 

277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green Mountain Bq| 

279 That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Seen 

VOL. ]tXXVLi 

281 Shocking Events 



305 Too Much for Good Nai 



306 Cure for the Pidged 



297 Iri CD Parle Francai* 

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